Des Plaines Fire Department getting new $223,430 rescue truck This is the type of rescue squad vehicle the Des Plaines City Council agreed to buy this week. Courtesy of City of Des Plaines
Des Plaines firefighters, shown here at a fatal Oakton Street blaze this year, soon will have a new rescue squad. The city council approved the $223,430 purchase Monday. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Updated 6/9/2021 8:42 PM
The Des Plaines Fire Department soon will have a new rescue squad in its fleet but not everyone in town is happy about it.
The city council on Monday approved the $223,430 purchase from a western Illinois manufacturer called Alexis Fire Equipment. The squad will be custom built and delivered to the city in eight to 11 months, Des Plaines spokeswoman Jennie Vana said.
Former factory to be razed in Des Plaines, making way for apartment building
Demolition of the former Pacific Coast Feather Company building in Des Plaines is set to begin next week. Developers are proposing a five-story apartment building with 348 units on the property, as well as a 2,000-square-foot commercial building. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer, 2020
Updated 5/26/2021 10:28 PM
Demolition of a former bedding company factory in Des Plaines is set to begin next week, making way for a proposed apartment building and a smaller commercial building.
Both Des Plaines and Cook County have granted demolition permits for the roughly 107,000-square-foot building at 414 E. Golf Road that once was home to a facility for Florida-based Pacific Coast Feather Co., Des Plaines spokeswoman Jennie Vana said.
Updated 3/17/2021 6:54 AM
A summer more like 2019 than 2020 s empty stadiums and canceled festivals could be on the horizon, with Gov. J.B. Pritzker expected to ease COVID-19 limitations on activities in the coming days. But the optimism comes with caveats. Assuming that our numbers continue to be stable or decline and that we continue to see really good uptake in vaccine, I fully expect that this summer will look more like two summers ago, Chicago Public Health Commissioner Allison Arwady said Tuesday at a briefing.
But I want to be clear, Europe is seeing surges in COVID-19 again despite the fact they are also rolling out vaccines. There s not a for granted we won t have any more trouble here, she said.
Des Plaines Fire Department releases investigation report from fire that killed mother and her 4 children chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Fatal Des Plaines fire started at least seven minutes before first 911 call, new report states Grace Espinosa, 1, Allison V. Espinosa, 3, Genesis A. Espinosa, 5, Renata P. Espinosa, 6, and their mother, Cithlaly Zamudio, died in a Jan. 27 fire in Des Plaines. Courtesy of Violeta Gomez-Garcia A fire that killed a mother and her four young daughters in this Des Plaines home started on the second floor outside the family s apartment, essentially trapping them inside because there was no safe secondary exit, according to a newly released city report. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer, January 2021 This photograph inside a house on the 700 block of West Oakton Street in Des Plaines shows the spot where a deadly fire began, as well as a space heater officials say may have ignited the blaze.